Machine for tipping garment-stays.



M. D. WATROUS.

MACHINE FOR TIPPING GARMENT STAYS.

APPLICATION FILED 061128. 1913.

Patented 0515.23 1917.

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APPLICATION FILED OCT. 28. I913.

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I nrtiran sma ts ram MABTIN D. WATROUS, OF ANSONIA, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR' TO THE .UNION FABRIC.

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1 0 all whom it may concern:

' Be it known that I, MARTIN D. WATROUS,

State of Connecticut, have invented new and useful Improvements in Machines for Tipping Garment-Stays, of which the following is a specification. f

This invention relates to improvements in machines for applying tips to garment stays, and more particularly to an improvedstay feeding mechanism which is interposed between, the stay covering'mechanism and the tip applying mechan'ismlforthe purpose of transferring stays from the former to the latter. 7

The improved stay feeding mechanism is especially applicable to a tip applying machine such as is shown in, my U. S. Letters Patent, No. 1,139,608 of MaylS, 1915, although it is not limited in its useful application to such a machine, and it is essentially adapted for feeding to the tip applying mechanism stays of shorter lengths which cannot be satisfactorily taken care of by the feeding mechanisms or devices commonly employed. i

The principal object of the invention is to provide a stay-feeding mechanism for the purposestated, which shall be of simple, compact, and readily accessible structural nature, and which may. be assembled and removed as a self-contained unit, its use involving no changes whatever in the organi zation of either of the mechanisms between which it is interposed.

A further object-of the invention is to provide a stay feeding mechanism for the purpose stated, which shall be certain and 1 reliable in its action, and in which provision is made for such regulation of the feeding pressure as may be desirable for particular conditions of use. i

An embodiment of the invention and an illustration of a useful application thereof are shown in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a view showing a stay feeding mechanism, in which the features of the invention are incorporated, in side elevation, and intermediate a stay covering mechanism and a tip applying mechanism, both of the last two mechanisms being shown diagrammatically Fig. 2 is an elevation of the improved Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented was, mic,

Applicatidn filed October 28, 19113 Serial no, 797,338.

side thereoi opposite 'to that shownfin Fig.

Fig; 4 is a topplan view thereof;

the face plate 25, looking. downwardly,

through the plane 55 of Fig. l; and

Figs. 6 and 7 arerespective front and side 3 is a front end elevation of the improved stay feeding mechanism;

' stay feeding mechanism, viewed from the elevations of the frame or bracket of the stay feeding mechanism. m

Similar characters of reference designate correspondlng parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1 the stay covering mechanism is shown at'A, the tip applying mechanism at B, and the stay-feeding mechanism, which forms the subject of the present invention,

at O. Aspreviously stated, the stay feeding mechanism is especially applicable for use in connection with a tip applying mechanism of thenconstruction shown in my patent, No. 1,139,608, and such construction is,thereforeillustrated by way of example in .the drawings. The said tip applying mechanism includes a pair of stay-feed rolls which, in the drawings-of my said'patent, No. 1,189,608, are shown at 11 and 12, and in the drawings of the present application, arelshown at a and b. The stay-feeding mechanism forming the present invention is in direct cooperation with these rolls, which, it may be noted are located in advance of the upper and first pass of the tip-applying mecha nism, and said stay feeding mechanismcomprises, essentially, a. pair of upper and lower I stay-feed rolls 1 and 2, located coincidentally as regards both their horizontal and vertical planes with the respective rolls a and b. The elements of the stay feed mechanism are supported by a bracket 3 having at oneend a laterally directed extension 4 which pro vides for its attachment to the frame of the i tip applying mechanism, the extension 4 being frame.

The rolls 1 and 2 secured by screws or bolts tov said revolve on bearingstuds 5 and 6. The stud 6, for the roll 2, is secured directly in the bracket 3. It is preferred to provide for adjustment of the pressure with which thejroll 1 engages the stay and for this purpose the stud 5 of the roll 1 is not secured directly in the bracket lower end en a es the uoa'er face of the bracket 3 and by means of which the rolld may be definitely spaced, as desired, from the roll 2. The screw 10 passes through a threaded opening in a lug 11 and is fixed in any position to which it may be adjusted by a screw 12 which passes laterally through said lug. The roll. 1 is caused to engage the stays with suitable friction by the action of a spring 13, which, as disclosed, is of retractile coil form and has one end secured to the arm 7 and the other end secured to th up er' face of the bracket 3.

Means is provided for positively alining the as they are passed by the rolls 1 and 2 with the space between the rolls a and Z2, and such means preferably comprises a table 14 which bridges the space between the pairs of companion rolls 1-2 and ab, and a pair of enacting guide members 15 and 16 which converge as they approach the rolls a t and are associated with the upper face of the table The table 1a is supported by a block 17 which is preferably integral with the bracket 3 and is arranged between the rolls 2 and and the fastening screws for the guide members 1 5 and 16 are utilized to connect the table to said block.

One of the feed rolls, preferably the roll 2, is positively driven, and for this purpose it is convenient to use the roll '6 as the power element. Accordingly, the gearing for driving the roll 2 comprises pinions '19 and 20 coaxial with the respective rolls 7) and 2 and rotating therewith, and an intermediate transmissionpinion 21 mounted on a bearing stud 22 which is secured in the bracket It is preferred to inclose the pinions 19, 20, and 21.. F or this purpose 'a block 23 similar to the block 17, and preferably integral with the b 'aclret 3, is arranged below the pinion 21, and a face plate 25 which covers the pinions 19, 20, and 21 is secured against the blocks 17 and 23, means of screws 24, said face plate being provided at its ends with flanges overlying the peripheries of the pinions l9 and 20 and conforming to the curvature thereof. The flanges 26 terminate adjacent the blocks 17 and 23 and in connection with said blocks and the face plate 25, provide for the cornplete inclosure of the gear elements. In order that the bearing studs of the several pinions and rolls may be readily accessible for lubrication or other purposes, the plate 25 is provided with openings 27 "through which the heads of said studs project.

The bracket 3 is provided between the blocks 17 and 23 with a boss 28 which is integrally connected to said blocks and is formed with a recess 29 and a screw threaded opening 30. The opening 30 is provided to receive the bearing stud or axle 22 of the pinion 21 and said pinion is sumed to have a hub extension provided for strengthening purposes, which takes its bearing in the recess 29, the pinion itself being arranged between the blocks 17 and 23 and adjacent the face of the boss 28.

The blocks 1'7 and 23 are proportioned to project beyond the bracket proper, their projecting portions forming a right angle with the extension 4 and bearing against the bar of the frame of the tip applying m'echanisn'i, to which the extension 4- is secured. By virtue of this relation, the stay feeding mechanism may be readily arranged upon the frame of the tip applying mechanism in proper position for attachment to said frame, as is obvious.

The stay feeding mechanism herein ciscl'ose'd is especially advanta eous for feeding short length stays, in tdiat it requires no change in the relation of the instrumentaliti'es between which it is interposed and is not only certain in its feeding action, but positively 'alines the stays with the preliminary feed rolls of the tipping mechanisn'i.

The invention is notrestricted to the precise construction disclosed, but includes within its purview minor variations in structure and arrangement, such as clearly fall within the scope of the. appended claims.

Having fully described my invention, I claim:

1. Stay feeding mechanism comprising a bracket for attachment to the frame of a stay tipping mechanism, a pair of feed rolls, one of which is directly carried by the bracket, an arm secured to the bracket for adjustable movement and by which the other feed roll is carried, and a table secured to the bracket to receive the stays they pass from the feed rolls, in combination with a pair of feed rolls which form elements "of the stay tipping mechanism and toward and between which said table is direc'ted. V

2. Stay feeding mechanism comprising a bracket for attachment to the frame of a stay tipping mechanism, a pair of feed rolls, one of which is directly carried by the bracket, the bracket having an upward extension, an arm parallel to the bracket and pivoted to said extension, the other roll being carried by said arm, and a table seemed to the bracket to receive the stays as they pass from the feed rolls, in "combina tion with "a pair of feed rolls which form elements of the stay tipping mechanism and toward and between which said table is directed.

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3. A feeding mechanism adapted to' be mal space between a stay-covering machine and a stay-tipping machine, the covering machine automatically transferring long stays to the'tipping machine, said feeding mechanism, when in operative position, serving to automatically transfer short stays from the covering machine to the tipping machine and having means for its operation by one of said machines.

4. A feeding mechanism adapted to be placed in and removed from the normal space between a stay-covering machine and a stay-tipping machine,'the stay-covering machine automatically transferring long stays to the stay-tipping machine, said feeding mechanism, when in operative position, serving to automatically transfer short stays from the covering machine to the tipping machine and comprising a bracket forremovable attachment to the frame of one of said machines, a pair of feed rolls carried by the bracket, means operated by one of said machines for driving one of saidfeed rolls, and a table also carried by the bracket and extending between the feed rolls and the machine from which the feed rolls are spaced.

5; A feeding mechanism adapted to be placed in and removed from the normal space between a stay-covering machine and a stay-tipping machine, the stay-covering machine automatically transferring long stays to the stay-tipping machine, said feeding mechanism, when in operative position, serving to automatically transfer short stays from the covering machine to the tipping machine and comprising means for its operation by one of said machines, a bracket for removable attachment to the frame of one of said machines, a pair of feed rolls carried by said bracket adjacent the staycovering machine, a table also carried by said bracket and bridging the space between said pair of feed rolls and the stay-tipping machine, and a pair of guide members associated with the upper face of said table and converging toward said tipping machine.

6. A feeding mechanism adapted to be placed in and removed from the normal space between a stay-covering machine and a stay-tipping machine, the stay-covering machine automatically transferring long stays to the stay-tipping machine, and the stay-tipping machine having a pair of stay feed rolls, said feeding mechanism, when in operative position, serving to automatically transfer short stays from the covering machine to the tipping machine and comprising a bracket for removable attachment to the frame of one of said machines, a pair of feed rolls carried by said bracket adjacent the stay-covering machine, and gearing for driving one of said last-named feed rolls from one of the feed rolls of the staytipping machine.

7. The combination with a pair of feed rolls which form elements of a stayv tipping mechanism, of a stay feeding mechanism comprising a bracketfor attachment tothe frame of said stay tippmg mechan sm, a

pair of feed rolls carried by said bracket,

pinions coaxial and rotatable with correspondingly located feed rolls of each pair, anintermediate pinion directly carricd'by the bracket and forming a power transmission connection between said first-named pinions, a pair of blocks arranged above and below'the' intermediate pinion and outstanding from the bracket, and a face plate covering all I the V-pnnonsandsecured against said blocks, the face plate having at itsends curved flanges terminating adjacent the blocks and overlying the perlpheries of said -first named plnlons. r

S. The combination with. a pair offeed rolls which'fo-rm elements of'a stay tipping mechanism, of a stay feeding mechanism comprising a bracket for attachment to the frame of saidstay tipping mechanism, a

pair-of feed rolls carried by said bracket, pinions coaxial and rotatable with correspondingly located feed rolls of each pair,

block and extending between the pairs of feed rolls,

9. The combination with a stay tipping mechanism, of a stay feeding mechanism comprising a bracket for attachment tothe frame of said tipping mechanism, upper and lower feed rolls, a bearing stud for the lower feed roll secured in the bracket, a bearing stud for the upper feed roll, a pinion also mounted on the bearing stud of the lower feed roll and rotatable with said feed roll, a power transmission pinion meshing with said first named pinion, a bearing stud for said power transmission pinion secured in the bracket, and a face plate carried by the bracket and covering said pinions, the face plate having openings through which the heads of saidbearing studs project.

10. The combination with a pair of feed rolls forming elements of a stay tipping mechanism, of a stay feeding mechanism comprising a bracket for attachment to the frame of said stay tipping mechanism, a pair of feed rolls carried by the bracket, bearing studs for certain feed rolls of both pairs, pinions mounted on said bearing studs and rotatable with the feed rolls which they adjoin, an intermediate pinion meshing with said first named pinions, a bearing stud for said intermediate pinion secured in the bracket, and a face plate carried by the bracket and covering all of said pinions, the

face plate having openings through which the heads of said bearing studs project.

11. The combination with a tip applying mechanism having as a part thereof stay feed rolls, a gear wheel mounted coaXially and rotating with one of said stay feed rolls, and a frame bar located in advance of said rolls, of a bracket adapted to be positioned in line withthe longitudinal plane of said tip applying mechanism and having a laterally projecting extension for attachment to said i'i'rame bar and laterally projecting blocks at the side thereof opposite said extension, said blocks also projecting longitudinally beyond said extension and forming a right'angle therewith, the longitudinally projecting portions of said blocks engaging against the adjacent side of said frame bar in the attached relation of the bracket, a pair of stay feed rolls carried by said bracket, a gear wheel mounted coincidentally with one of said last-named rolls and rotating therewith, and an intermediate gear wheel arranged between said blocks and op eratively connecting said first-named gear wheel.

12. The combination with a stay tip applying mechanism having as a part thereof a pair of stay feed rolls and a frame bar located in advance or said feed rolls, of a bracket adapted to be positioned in line with the longitudinal plane of said stay tip applying mechanism and having a lateral eX- tension for attachment to said. frame bar, and a part projecting longitudinally beyond said extension and at right angles thereto to engage against the adjacent side of said frame bar in. the attached relation of said .1

bracket, and a pair of stay teed rolls carried by said bracket and in the attached relation thereof located in planes coincident with the planes of the respective first-named feed rolls.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing wit- I nesses.

MARTIN D. WirlRJUS. Witnesses:

MARY L. DONOVAN, HENRY S. BIRDsEYE.

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Washington, D. G. 

